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Alberto Giacometti    (Swiss/Italian, 1901-1966)

 Alberto Giacometti - Paire de bougeoirs / Pair of candlesticks (Design)  x w: 40 cm /  x w: 15.7 in
Alberto Giacometti
Paire de bougeoirs / Pair of candlesticks circa 1930
 
  

Biography
1901 Born in the village of Borgovono, near Stampa in Switzerland.
1919 - 1920 Studies at les Beaux-Arts and the school of Arts et Metiers in Geneva.
1922 - 1924 Alberto comes to Paris and settles in a workshop, Rue Hippolyte Maindron.
1927 His brother Diego comes to join him.
1929 Contract with Pierre LOEB. Alberto and Diego work with Jean-Michel FRANK, they create decorative furniture elements for him.
1930 - 1932 Beginning of the surrealist period (“objet invisible” in 1934).
1935 - 1947 Back to the human model. Alberto decides to stop showing his work.
1948 Exhibition in Pierre Matisse’s gallery in New-York.
1951 First exhibition at gallery Maeght who becomes his dealer.
1962 Prize at La Biennale de Venise.
1965 Retrospective of his work in London, New-York and Copenhagen.
1966 Alberto dies in the Hospital of Coire.

Exhibitions
2008 Skulptur! Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf
2008 Once Upon a Time, Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris
2007 Ferroni, Palazzo Reale, Milan
2006 Classics, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
2005 BIG BANG, Centre Pompidou - Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris
2004 An Impressionist Eye, Nevada museum of Art NMA, Reno NV
2003 Paris 1945 bis 1965 Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz
2002 Surrealism - Desire Unbound, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
2001 The Human Figure in Modern Sculpture, Rodin Gallery, Seoul
2001 Naked since 1950, L&M Arts, New York City, NY
2000 Celebrating Modern Art - The Anderson Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
1999 La joie de vivre, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf
1998 Magie der Baume, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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